EPA Region 7 is sponsoring a free three-part virtual workshop to help community drinking water systems (CWSs) learn about the requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA). On October 23, 2018, AWIA was signed into law; Section 2013 requires CWSs serving more than 3,300 people to develop or update risk and resilience assessments (RRAs) and emergency response plans (ERPs). (Note: Under this law, the population also includes those people served in consecutive systems.) The law specifies the components that the assessments and ER plans must address and establishes deadlines by which water systems must certify to EPA completion of each.

The EPA is administering this law and its requirements in Iowa; for more information, please contact them at dwresilience@epa.gov. The assessment and plan are not submitted to EPA by the CWS; rather, those are retained at the CWS and a certification form for each is required to be completed and submitted. There is also a requirement for the CWS to evaluate each document every five years, in order to maintain a current assessment and plan.

This workshop contains three modules and each module requires a separate registration:

Who Should Attend: This virtual workshop is designed for CWSs serving 3,301-99,999 people. Note: the population includes any consecutive systems that are served by the CWS.

All CWSs, as well as vendors and consultants, especially those who are assisting CWSs in achieving AWIA requirements, are welcome to attend. EPA invites those who would like to lead a version of this AWIA workshop (e.g., technical assistance providers) to attend in a “Train-the-Trainer” capacity. In this role, one can observe the workshop and receive presentation materials with speaker’s notes. At the end of Module 3, EPA will host a 30-minute Train-the-Trainer session to answer questions about using the materials provided to host one’s own trainings.

When and Registration:

*If you are attending as a trainer, please plan for a 30-minute Q&A session at the end of Module 3.

CEU: 1.5 hours Iowa WT or WD per module.